Permanent-hair-waving appliance.



G. ALDWORTH.

' PERMANENT HAIR WAV ING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1915.

1,186,533; Patented June 13, 1916.

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GEORGE ALDWORTH, ornoimon, ENGLAND, assreuoa TO CHARLES NESSLEB, or

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALDWoR'rH, subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at London, W., England,

In the process of permanent hair waving on the human headas at presentcarried out, it is usual first to wind a tres of hair upona metal curlerand then [to cover the hair with a paste or lotion applied either bymeans of a brush or by means of an. ab

, sorbent material such as lint or flannel impregnated with a paste orlotion. Thereafter'the curler with thetress wound upon it is placedwithin a paper tube and the whole subjected to the action of a heater.

This process is open to the objection that it is a very messy one andfurther that it requires the patient to be subjected to an un- :necessarily long treatment as the paste or lotion requires some time for itsapplication and further treatment.

The object of my invention is to avoid having to deal with messy pastesor lotions and the necessity of spending unnecessary time inmanipulation. I secure'this object by-means of what I term my compoundtube a device which can be made in quantities for future use and whichcan be transmitted by rail or post and otherwise handled in a commercialmanner. My compound tube hasthe further advantage that it will last along time and can be usedmore than once.

I shallnow proceed to describe how my invention is to be or may becarried into effect and for this purpose I shall refer to theaccompanying drawings.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the tube blank with the side edgesturned up ready to be folded over upon the sheet of material.

- Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the com.-

pleted tube blank and a. former, placed across one end of theblank forrolling the sheetinto a tubular body. Fig. 3', is a siimlar viefwtothat'shown in Fig. 2, ,with the tube blank rolled about half way, andFig. 4, shows the blank almost completely-rolled with its-outer end inposition to be pasted down. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of thenon-absorbent outer cover having the comf.

pound tube placed it. Fig. 6-,

perspective view of atress of. .hair wound.

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Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filedIarch 18,1915. Serial No. 15,201.

I take a sheet of absorbent material such for example as stout blottingpaper measuring about five or six inches square and I bend up twoopposite sides as shown-in Fig.

1 so as to form a shallow trough-shaped tray open at the ends and abouthalf an inch deep. I then take about half an ounce of dry borax powderand distribute this over somewhat more than half ofv the shallowtrough-shaped tray just mentioned so that it will cover the portion 1 tothe right of the dotted line 2 while the portion 3 on the left side ofthe dotted line is left uncovered. I now double down; the'sides of thepaper tray as'shown in Fig. 2. I then proceed to. roll the paper trayaround a former, into I the form of a' tube which-shall'contain theborax powder. The former which ,I use consists of a cylinder of' wood orother convenientmaterial of aboutfive eighths of an inch in diameterand'll. place this, over the left-hand open endof the tray as shown in aFig. 2. I then roll the'parts together so as to wind the paper tray overthe fOI'mer'aEd-SO thus form it into a tube. 'The' diameter o f," theformer is such as'to' correspond with the diameter of the curler andtress thereon and such that there will be a complete turn of the paperaround it before the borax powder is reached. I then continue to rollthe paper over the former foranother com. plete' turn or somewhat moreso that I now get a tube consisting roughly of three concentric turns'of respectively absorbentpaper, borax powder and absorbent paper again.I now paste down the free edge of the paper,.that is to say, theedge 4,so as to prevent the tubes from unrolling. I have now obtained asandwich-like tube contain ing a "tubular layer of borax powder the endsof the complete tube being formed by .the. bent downporti ons of thesheet of'paperv which were" formerly the vertical sidesf-or' flanges ofthe tray, this tube being openat both ends. I now surrolmd thisbyajtubular layer of non-absorbent' material such for exampleasvegetable parchment .ortinfoilor the Like. This outertubular coveringmay be applied as a tube or it may be i wound around the tube consistingof absorbent material and boraxpowder, and when .the latter. plan isadopted the non-absorb ent material or a part thereof may be gummed orcovered with an adhesive material so as to dispense with the pastingdown of the free edge fl of the inner tube specified. This outer tube ofnon-absorbent material is longer'than the inner tube containing theboraX powder by an inch or an inch and a half or thereabout so that itprotrudes beyond the inner tube for half an inch or three-quarters of aninch or thereabo'ut at each end. a

The compound tube thus formed is now a commercial article and can behandled without the borax powder escaping. For the purpose however ofsecuring against any possibility of escape of the borax powder throughrough handling and further to prevent the said powder from packing I dipthe compound tube momentarily in water so as to moisten it suflicientlyto cause the powder to bind.

I find it advantageous to addabout two per cent. of hyposulfite of sodato the borax powder although this is not necessary but it appears tohave a better efi'ect in softening the hair and adapting it to theprocess of treatment.

My compound tube is used in the follow ing manner. Having wound a tressof hair over the curler as shown in Fig. 6 the roots ofthe hair 5 beingtoward the scalp of the patient, I take the compound tube, still open atboth ends, and dip it for about one second time in cold water and I thenpass it e'verthe tress upon the curler. I then ligaturethe end of thetube which is nearest the scalp tightly by means of a piece of string.

The other end of the tube which is remote from the scalp may also beligatured or sim ply doubled inward by handsufiiciently to prevent undueescape of moisture during heating. I then apply the'heater over thecompound tube in the manner well known in this art. I j

I have stated that I immerse the compound tube in water for about onesecond. In this time thetube usually absorbs about a fifth of an ounceof water which is sufiicient for the purpose but an operator very soonlearns how long to immerse the tube in water so as to get the bestresults. 1

I have found that my compound tube may be used a second time theimmersion in water on the second occasion being for-a slightly longerperiod than on the first. My tubescan even be used more than twice butof course with decreasing efiiciency.

I have hereinbefore spoken of one-complete turn being made over the{former before thepart of the paper which contains the bora'x powder isrolled over it and I have spoken of a complete turn-being made by thepart which contains the borax. I do not of course limit myself to anynumber of turns or fractions thereof. Nor do I limit myself masses tothe employment in my compound tubes of borax powder either with orwithout hyposulfite of soda. I may employ any other reagent that may. befound desirable.

I prefer to have the period of immersion for two half seconds. I usethat expression because of the popular confusion between seconds andhalf seconds. Familarity with clocks beating half seconds has led tosuch periods being popularly reckoned as full seconds. I howevercontemplate, in order to avoid mistakes, marking upon each compound tubethe time during which it should be immersed in water. This will beuseful as the quantity of reagent and the dimensions hereinbeforespecified correspond with the average lengths and thicknesses of tressesof ladies hair. It will of course be understood that such quantity anddimensions will be unsuitable for tresses of unusual length or thicknesssothat my plan of marlningthe compound tubes in the manner stated willsuit devices of other sizes and having other quantities of reagent. Thereagent and the dimensions and the materials cited give good results inpractice.

It is to be understood that I do not employ the terms absorbent andnon-absorbent in a strictly absolute sense. They are used in a somewhatcomparative sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim'as' new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. As a new article of manufacture acompound hair-treating tube comprising a tubular structure havingtherein as a constituent part thereof a suitable hair-treating substancenormally' in condition to withstand transportation and lapse of time butcapable under the influence of another element of having its conditionaltered for application tobthe hair when inserted within the-said tu e.

2. As a new article of manufacture a com-. pound tube for hair-wavingcomprising a tubular body having a chamber or space within its wall anda reagent located therein, the

interior surface of said Wall having 'capacity for permitting thecontained reagent when changed from its normal'condition to forpermitting the contained reagent when changed from its normal conditionto act upon the hair when inserted within theltu v bular body. 7

4. As anew article of manufacture a com-1 pound tube for hair-wavingcomprisingtubular body formed of a plurality of pliesfin of suitableabsorbent material, and a reagent interposed between plies of saidmaterial so that when the reagent is changed from its normal conditionit may act through the material upon the hair when inserted within thetubular body, said reagent forming a constituent part of the article.

5. As a new article of manufacture a compound tube for hair-wavingcomprising a tubular structure having therein as a constitutent partthereof a suitable hair-treating substance normally in condition towithstand transportation and lapse of time but capable under theinfluence of another element of having its condition altered forapplication to the hair when inserted within the tube, and a removableouter covering of non-absorbent material for housing said tubular bodyuntil used.

6. As a new article of manufacture a compound tube for hair-wavingcomprising a tubular body formed of a plurality of plies of material, areagent placed be tween plies and the innermost ply having capacity forpermitting the contained reagent when changed from its normal conditionto act through said ply upon the hair when inserted within the tubularbody, the said reagent being bound in place between .hair when insertedwithin the tubular body.

8. As a new article of manufacture a compound tube for hair-wavingcomprising a tubular body formed of a plurality of plies of suitablematerial having inwardly extending flanges on its side edges forconfining the reagent within the body, and a reagent interposed betweenthe plies of ma- I terial and adapted when changed from its normalcondition to act upon the hair when inserted within the tubular body.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE ALDWORTH.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR CHARLES LEIDEL, OTTO SCHNEIDER.

